Market Now: These stocks surged over 15% today

NEW DELHI: Shares of Spice Mobility (up 20 per cent), Housing & Urban Development Corporation (up 16.51 per cent) and Rico Auto (up 15.91 per cent) surged over 15 per cent on NSE in Wednesday's trade.

Benchmark indices saw a firm start on Wednesday's session, but pared gains as the trade advanced.

Nifty50 slipped below 9,800, a psychologically important mark for investors, while BSE Sensex slipped below 31,800 marks.

Gains of auto, PSU banks, pharma and realty stocks were offset by IT and private bank stocks.

Nearly 60 stocks including, Automotive Stamp, Au Small Finance Bank, PTC India, Housing & Urban Development Corporation, Bodal Chemicals, Aditya Birla Money and Central Depository Services (India) hit their fresh 52-week high on NSE.

Besides, 17 stocks such as, such as REI Agro, Religare, Lanco Infratech, KSS, FCS Software, Munjal Auto and HPCL hit their fresh 52-week low.

Benchmark Nifty50 index was 25 points up at 9,810, while the 30-share Sensex was 30 points up at 31,777 around 3 pm (IST).

In the Nifty50 pack, 33 stocks were trading in green, while 17 stocks were in red.

On BSE, 1,434 stocks were advancing whereas 1,165 stocks were lagging.

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